Bingo Boris
Boris Johnson is quite right. Lecturers on strike who make sure that students do not receive their exam results - for which, after all, they are now paying - should have their wages docked. Particularly in light of the attempted pressure the AUT sought to bring on the Government in relation to tuition fees - on the basis, remember, that they piously had students' interests at heart while the Government was concerned with its bottom line - it is quite staggering that out of such blatant self-interest they now seek to cause such chaos for those self-same students.
Anyone would have thought they sensed a weak Labour movement in Parliament...
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I don't know, Ed. I'm not a fan of unions or strike actions, but let's face it - university lecturers are underpaid, and if we want to attract people into the profession then they need to be paid more. Their concern about pay isn't a new one, nor is it an invalid one.
Now, how do they express their grievances when they continue to receive less than their due? They haven't shut down universities; they are continuing to teach in many instances, but rather refusing to carry out administrative duties. That seems to be a fair compromise to me.
Ken,
Is it your opinion that university lecturers are underpaid paid or a fact? Certainly the ones I know do not enter that category.
You paint a naive picture of marking students final examination papers as 'an administrative duty'which saddens me somewhat. Surely it is a most important part of their paid employment!
Even Boris thinks academics are underpaid. Cross-party concensus and numerous independent governmental reports.....
direct quote from boris:
"As I never tire of saying, and as I said at the beginning of the action, it is obviously true that the academics have a case. Their salaries have not kept pace with those of comparable professions, such as doctors, journalists, or, indeed, MPs. Everyone wants more money to go into the HE sector, and if we are to have any hope of competing internationally, British universities must pay good academics more.
O.K. but is it fair not to mark students examination papers?
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